| Lecture:
9:55-10:45, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2323 Sterling Hall
(see Fall
timetable entry).
Discussion:
A weekly discussion will
be used for working problems:
The discussion will be
held at two times:
- 1:20-2:15, Monday, 1333 Sterling
Hall
- 1:20-2:15, Tuesday, 1333 Sterling
Hall
Text:
-
Physics for Scientists
and Engineers, Paul A. Tipler, Fourth Ed., W.H.
Freeman and Company, (1999).
-
Modern Physics,
by Paul A. Tipler and Ralph A. Llewellyn, Third Ed.,
W.H. Freeman and Company, (1999).
Prerequisites:
Physics 248 the previous semester.
| Wk |
Reading |
Topic |
| 1 |
T&
L 7 |
Spin |
| 2 |
Tip 32
& 33 |
Maxwell's
Equations and Light |
| 3 |
Tip 33
& 34 |
Light
and Optics |
| 4 |
Tip 34,
35 |
Optics,
Diffraction, Thermodynamics |
| 5 |
Tip 18 |
Midterm
1
Kinetic Theory |
| 6 |
Tip 19,
20 |
Thermodynamics |
| 7 |
Tip 21 |
Thermodynamics |
| 8 |
T &
L 8 |
Statistical
Physics |
| 9 |
Tip 27
|
Midterm
2
Electrical Conduction |
| 10 |
T &
L 9 |
Molecular
Physics |
| 11 |
T &
L 10 |
Solid-State
Physics |
| 12 |
T & L 11 |
Nuclear Physics |
| 13 |
|
Midterm 3 |
| 14 |
T & L 12 |
Fusion and Fission |
| 15 |
T & L 13 |
Particle Physics
and String Theory |
|
